Word Origin & History

motion late 14c., from O.Fr. motion (13c.), from L. motionem (nom. motio) "a moving, an emotion," from motus, pp. of movere "to move" (see move). The verb sense in parliamentary procedure first recorded 1747; with meaning "to guide or direct by a sign, gesture, movement" it is attested from 1787. Related: Motioned; motioning.

Example Sentences for motion

Some would-be duelists discovered that even the code's formal preliminaries might set in motion an irreversible chain of events.

Range of motion is the distance and direction of movement of a joint.

The economy's movement, for example, probably maps to a source domain of motion through space.

My office has motion detectors for the lights that are on a 30 minute timer.

Is poor posture control the real cause of motion sickness?

The northern lights, so called from their undulatory motion.

The nation's foreign policy apparatus is constantly in restless motion.

The problem is not motion sickness on the plane itself as much as it is what happens to me after I reach my destination.